PandaCodeGen / CMS website development & integration
CMS website development for a team that needs easier content editing. We can improve a suitable WordPress editor or build a custom Next.js website with Sanity. Agree the pages, publishing tasks, migration and training together before work starts.
01 / See the work
Ladies 4 Jesus moved from WordPress to a custom website with Sanity Studio. The public pages and the owner's editing workflow were part of the same project.
Project / Ladies 4 Jesus
Content types for devotionals, stories and other publishing tasks give the owner a place to manage the material behind the website.
Independent client. The case study documents this implementation; your content model and publishing workflow are agreed separately.
Project / Panda Patches editor
A different content model supports a product and enquiry website. The editor follows the business rather than forcing every site into the same fields.
Founder-affiliated business; shown as implementation evidence, not an independent endorsement.
02 / Review your site
Begin with everyday changes: a new service, an image, a team member or an article. We separate editable content from new design and functionality.
Map pages, articles, people and reusable information. Agree required fields, validation and relationships before importing content.
Choose who drafts and publishes. Check the vendor plan against required roles, preview and collaboration features.
Inventory content, media, internal links and URLs. Test a sample import before approving the complete move.
Use your real editing tasks in the walkthrough. Confirm which changes appear on the website and when.
What the proposal resolves
Sanity supplies the content platform. Our work connects it to the website and makes the agreed editing tasks usable.
The proposal lists page templates, Sanity schemas, reusable content and who writes or imports it. Adding a new page type or layout is development work unless a suitable template is already included.
Agree whether editors need a draft preview or visual editing. Demonstrate the chosen workflow and test how publishing updates the public pages; these connections require implementation.
An editor does not replace a customer portal. Contact handling, private uploads, customer accounts and transactional data receive separate storage and access decisions.
The handover lists repository access, the Sanity project, hosting and domain accounts, content export, instructions and support responsibility. Third-party subscriptions remain subject to their own terms.
Website SEO / Search and AI access
The editor and the published website have different jobs. Your team updates the agreed fields; the public site needs to turn them into useful pages that people and search systems can read.
Need ongoing buyer research, page improvements and visibility reporting? AI search services are optional monthly work, scoped separately from the build. Search systems choose which pages they index or cite.
03 / Make the right call
We recommend the scope that addresses the evidence from your site and team, then put the work and boundaries in writing.
If WordPress or your current builder handles the required content well, an improvement may be enough. We identify the specific reason to change before recommending a migration.
Choose this route when reusable content, a custom frontend or a more specific publishing workflow warrants the implementation and upkeep.
04 / From call to handover
Each stage creates something you can review. Your proposal names the deliverables and the point where you accept them.
Bring one ordinary page and the most complex content item. Map the fields and publishing decisions.
Review one template and its Studio fields before we repeat the pattern across the site.
Develop the agreed website, configure previews where scoped, and validate imported records and links.
Check redirects, content updates and forms, then complete an editing walkthrough and transfer agreed access.
05 / Published starting point
From $1,500
Starting point, not an instant quote.
Custom CMS website builds start at $1,500, with an editor for the agreed pages. WordPress builds and focused CMS improvements are quoted separately. Migration, extra templates, localization, approvals and integrations can increase the scope. Your quote names the editor setup and training included.
Named fields and templates demonstrated before launch.
Content, media and redirects explicitly included in the quote.
Account access, repository, instructions and an editing walkthrough.
After launch
The build is a one-off. These are the bills that continue, so add them up before you compare quotes.
Sanity
Plan, seats and usage for the editorial features you need.Website hosting
Hosting and usage for the deployed frontend.Other services
Domain, email, search or integrations where required.Maintenance
Dependency updates and support agreed separately.Vendor plans can change. The proposal records the selected plans and assumptions; a managed platform does not make every website free to operate.
06 / Ownership & exports
An editable website should come with more than a login. PandaCodeGen hands over the project files we create, instructions, account control and an editing walkthrough. The scope identifies what your team can change. If your site uses Sanity, its content can be downloaded; moving it to another editor may require conversion.
Your project handover
You receive the project code and design files we create for you, plus documentation and control of the production accounts. If you then take a monthly support or care plan, that doesn't change: we keep sharing the code, documentation and accounts with you, so you always have your own copy. Third-party themes, plugins, services and assets remain under their own licence terms.
Yes, for the content agreed in your scope. PandaCodeGen sets up an editor for your words, images and business details, documents it and demonstrates how to use it. Changes to the design, new features or business rules may still need development. The handover makes that boundary clear so your team knows what it can manage.
A custom website using Sanity can download its content and available uploaded images and files. A different editor may need that content converted before importing it. Missing or inaccessible files need separate recovery. PandaCodeGen also hands over the project code and documentation, so the next developer can review how the site was built.
The project code and design files we create for you.
Instructions handed over with the project files. If you take a care plan later, we keep sharing the documentation with you.
An editing walkthrough at handover, so your team can update the site. Every build that uses Sanity includes training on Sanity Studio and written documentation for it. On Starter, the content editor is set up, documented, and we train you on it.
Control of the production accounts. Hosting moves to your own account on request or when an engagement ends.
Your build keeps working without a PandaCodeGen care plan. Hosting and other provider services still need their own arrangements.
Your written proposal states the details for your project, including any third-party licences.
07 / Before you decide
These are starting answers. Project-specific details belong in the written proposal.
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